sleeping is becoming a major problem for me its drivinr me crazy literally no matter what i do i only manage to get a couple of hours a night and if i try to take anap during the day its impossible nothing will switch off mind or body it makes me very irritable and anxious and everything else hard to cope with ive even tried meds from the doctor but nothing helps tried sleeping prep suggested no luck its one of my biggest problems and has been for 2 years since i became ill im sure i would heal quicker if i could sleep any suggestions please desparate i have tried the deep breathing listening to music am supporting adrenals and thyroid dont know what else to do

I had a major problem with this after removal, i slept the most 3 hrs in a row then woke up. I havnt been a good sleeper for yrs but lately i seem to have better sleep than i ever did before. I know that low thyroid can cause insomnia.

I had horrible sleep patterns until I got the candida under control...and it improved immensely...and now that I have most of my mercury out, I actually wake up feeling refreshed and energized...better than I have slept in my whole life!!!

Have you addressed your candida issues Tracy? Insomnia or waking after 3 or 4 hours is a common symptom of candida.

I had the same thing and taking 400mg of magnesium at bedtime helped. If I did wake up with that racing mind thing, I would get up and take more mg and could always go right back to sleep. I have to say though, that I have been waking up again and even though I take even more mg, I still am on alert so that the slightest noise wakes me up. It all started a few weeks ago when that started spraying the cotton defoliant in our area so I'm sure that toxin exposure has a lot to do with the adrenals being stressed out.

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I get insomnia which is due to low blood sugar - a side-effect of adrenal fatigue. Try eating a protein snack before you go to bed - some chicken or cheese, or peanut butter. The aim is to keep your blood sugar as stable as you can all night, hence the protein, but make sure you don't take any carbs, which could cause blood sugar to drop further. I also have a protein drink on hand throughout the night in case my blood sugar drops and wakes me up. Its almost as if the brain won't let you sleep if blood sugar is too low - glucose is essential to the functioning of the brain. Insomnia and low blood sugar are my biggest mercury symptoms - I won't be sorry when these go.

Nicola

Taking B-vitamins at night before bed could contribute to poor sleep. For many people, B-vitamins give you energy, which will cause you to not sleep as deeply. As a rule, I try not to take any B-vitamins after 3pm because I typically go to bed around midnight (sometimes later).

I read that if your thyroid is not working properly then your adrenals will be stressed. This also stated that selenium is good for the thyroid and I happened to have some rose hips tea which is high in selenium so I had some last night and I did slept better. I still woke up at 3:00, but after taking more magnesium I was able to fall back asleep. I don't know if it was the tea of not.